7.25.2014

AUGUST 9 MIDTERM PRIMARY COMING UP - BE PREPARED

By Gloia Dulan-WilsonThese little primaries across the US, will make the difference between who we have in office in Congress and other key positions in the fall; so please don't sleep them.I just received this solicitation about the AUGUST 9, 2014 PRIMARY IN HAWAII:

We
have just two weeks left to protect Social Security from a corporate
Democrat -- by re-electing progressive hero Brian Schatz to the Senate.The
stakes are high. Schatz's opponent in the Democratic primary for the
Hawai'i Senate seat, Colleen Hanabusa, voted for the Simpson-Bowles plan
that would have cut Social Security benefits. If Schatz wins, it will
send a message to Democrats across America that attacking Social
Security is a losing proposition.

Schatz
then pulled out his trump card. He read out a letter the National
Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare wrote to her,
pleading with her to vote against the Simpson-Bowles plan that would
have cut benefits and raised the retirement age. The facts are clear -- Hanabusa can't be trusted to protect Social Security.Sen.
Brian Schatz is fighting to expand Social Security and raise the
minimum wage. He will combat inequality with progressive leadership. We
don't need another corporate Democrat who folds on the issues that
matter most. Let's make sure we keep Brian Schatz in the Senate for
Hawai'i and for our families.

I'm sending my contribution in, and I'm also spreading the word so that the rest of us don't sit idly by and think that because it's not in our district, it doesn't matter. We have to unite across the board, across the US. This MIDTERM ELECTION is the last chance we have to make a concrete difference in this country, our lives, our economy, our educational system. You see the vultures under bonehead Boehner are circling trying to distract us with bogus law suits. We have to be proactive in our reactions.